Los Angeles Dodgers’ legends Bill Russell and Reggie Smith returned to Little League on Saturday, May 1 — to help Bloomington Little League celebrate its opening day. Members of the Bloomington Community gather around Mary Ann Mendoza and San Bernardino County 5th District Supervisor Joe Baca Jr., for a ribbon cutting during the Bloomington Little
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PASADENA >> At first, it seemed like a victory for Caltech students and parents seeking more of a traditional graduation ceremony this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic that has defined so much of life appears to be easing. Nayla Abney, a senior chemical engineering student, read the headline posted Friday, April 30, on a new
An undetermined number of reports about police pursuits in California – some that ended in death – did not get included in statistics complied by the California Highway Patrol as required by state law, an anaylsis by the Southern California News Group shows. In just Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties for last
Councilmember Tom LaBonge stops traffic on Riverside Drive as he kicks off the resurfacing of Clybourn Avenue. project in Toluca Lake Thursday, June 10, 2010. (Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer) The idea came to her at his funeral, she says, when everyone was standing outside talking about what a great guy Tom LaBonge was and such an
Los Angeles Police Department officials confirmed Thursday that they will once again allow officers to use less-lethal projectile launchers during protests after a federal judge revised an order that had placed restrictions on the use of the weapons. Although last week’s temporary restraining order, issued by U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall, did not totally
Zebra Longwing butterflies can be seen at the Butterfly Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The museum begins its annual City Nature Challenge on April 30. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Here is a sampling of upcoming in-person and online things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 341 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,232,373 as of Wednesday, April 28. Officials reported four 31 deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,831 deaths since tracking began. There were three fewer hospitalizations reported since Tuesday, bringing the official count
INGLEWOOD — A pedestrian was struck by a car and killed early Wednesday on a 405 Freeway collector road in the Inglewood area, authorities said. The person was hit about 5 a.m. on the road leading from the northbound freeway to Century Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. The location is just east of
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 326 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,232,079 as of Tuesday, April 27. Officials reported four 26 deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,801 deaths since tracking began. There were four more hospitalizations reported since Monday, bringing the official count
LOS ANGELES — A San Fernando Valley man admitted Tuesday to participating in a document trafficking ring that created and sold counterfeit United States passport cards, Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and other documents. Carlos A. Hernandez, 44, of Granada Hills, pleaded guilty to one federal count each of conspiracy and being an illegal alien
Long Beach resident Betty Miller, 83, sat in her home and asked the critical care nurse there if it would hurt. “It’ll be over,” the nurse, Errol Barrientos, said, “before you know it.” Miller and her husband, Eugene, were some of the first SCAN Health Plan members to receive their doses of the coronavirus vaccine
The latest step in the construction of the $588 million Sixth Street Viaduct replacement will force the closure of a stretch for the Hollywood freeway for more than two days. The 101 freeway will close for 55 hours between Friday, April 30 at 10 p.m. and Monday May 3 at 5 a.m. to allow crews
Because of COVID-19, the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday will originate from multiple venues. The Oscars primarily will broadcast from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, as well as from the show’s traditional home at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Some attendees are expected to make their appearances from international locations. Click here for road
HOLLYWOOD — Los Angeles Police Department officers on Saturday fatally shot a man wearing body armor who drove into their patrol car in Hollywood, the department’s second shooting in two days. The shooting occurred at 2:37 p.m. at Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, said Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Media Relations Section. Officers were en
A Torrance woman has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Northern California rapper who investigators say she misidentified as the shooter who killed her boyfriend in Seal Beach last August.
A 20-year-old woman was arrested in connection with a four-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Sherman Oaks on the eastbound 101 Freeway that killed two people — including a 15-year-old boy. The woman, identified as Bianca Lopez, 20, of Los Angeles, was hospitalized after the crash with moderate injuries and then taken into custody, the
The Royal Princess Hamilton cruise ship docked in the Port of LA in San Pedro on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. As talks continue to restart the cruise industry later this year, cruise lines are outfitting and preparing their fleets to embark on the open seas again. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) The Royal Princess Hamilton
This story has been updated with discussion of alternative conditions that could be imposed on Poseidon. Ensuring that a desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach adequately compensates for killing millions of small marine organisms poses the latest hurdle for Poseidon Water’s controversial project. The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board spent most of its
A high school senior’s decorated graduation cap message. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer) The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of high school students in Los Angeles County on April 21 who are recipients of corporate-sponsored scholarships in 2021. The corporate-sponsored awards are financed by about 140 corporations, company foundations and other business
A Southern California family said they noticed what they believe to be human waste coming out of a low-flying plane over the weekend. Nicole Comstock reports.